Cleft Sentences_B1+

CLEFT Sentences

cleft sentences

- Used to help us focus on a particular part of the sentence and to emphasize what we want to say. - Because there are two parts of the sentence it is called cleft (from the verb cleave) which means divided into two.

cleft sentences

- Cleft structures include: It / what / all the reason why the thing that the person/people who the place where the day when what-clauses - Usually linked to the clause that we want to focus on with is or was.

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Practice

The window was broken by a cricket ball. It _________________________________________________________. | will never forget the day | heard I'd got into my chosen university. The day on __________________________________________________. Glynn became a social worker to help people less fortunate than himself. The reason__________________________________________________. Getting through the summer without getting injured was the only thing the athlete wanted. All _________________________________________________________. The driver didn't see the motorcyclist. What _______________________________________________________. Seeing Patricia cry like that made me feel guilty. What _______________________________________________________. There are lots of facilities where we go camping. The place ____________________________________________________.

Practice

Correct the following statements using Cleft Sentences.

The Mona Lisa is a recognized sculpture.

Teletica's facilities are located near the Amusement Park.

Walter Campos hosts the tv program Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Brad Pitt co-starred Titanic with Kate Winslet.

Shakira wrote her last songs because she had a happy and stable relationship.

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